Discussion focuses on Swedish population demographics, child-oriented political reforms, research on the declining birth rate, the provision of child health care centers for children, legally mandated parent education, the law against corporal punishment of children, and aspects of community child health and maternity health care services. The tendency in modern Swedish family politics is to initiate rather extensive and broad programs which, for the sake of equality, are available to all children or families. The programs are preventive and are intended to serve as a kind of social network. (RH)